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and i think obama would really like to be the guy that brings osama bin laden's head home to america. >> reporter: livingstone says the cia practice of hiring contractors to carry out missions is not a new practice and he says it has been going on since the dawn of the agency and he says he and many current cia officers would like to see it done away with. >> he mr. livingstone may love barack obama but americans may be losing confidence in him. the "washington post" abc news survey finds less than half of americans, 49% say they now believe the president will make the right decisions for the country. the people say they are concerned over health care reform and are anxious about the growing federal budget deficit. >>> furious relatives of americans killed on board pan am 103 in ' 88 plan to mount a protest. moammar faffty will visit the united nations next month and they plan to be there to greet him. the scottish justice officials released a man because he is dying of cancer. >>> up next, topper is back with the weekend forecast and another look at the aftermath of today's storm ram
and i think obama would really like to be the guy that brings osama bin laden's head home to america. >> reporter: livingstone says the cia practice of hiring contractors to carry out missions is not a new practice and he says it has been going on since the dawn of the agency and he says he and many current cia officers would like to see it done away with. >> he mr. livingstone may love barack obama but americans may be losing confidence in him. the "washington post" abc...
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america decided to come up with a character as well to represent america. they took the initials, u.s. and created a character, sam bull. bill: the u.s. said we're going to have one, too, uncle sam. but now it's a positive thing. >> uncle sam is a self-portrait of the artist who drew the picture. bill: we want you, that's the guy who did it? >> exactly. bill: united states of america, you say, should be the united states of columbus. why is it the united states of america? >> it was named after another explorer, vespucci. bill: why isn't the united states of columbus? >> she would have dates. and they named the country. so the map maker just changed the name to america because they wanted it to end in the letter a like asia or africa. bill: crocodile tears. >> it's fake. you know, fake emotion. romans and greeks were writing about cock dial tears. bill: why would go they? break a leg said to people performing. how did that happen? >> when a performance is really good. they pill will pull the curtain up so many times, it would break. bill: it's a mechanical
america decided to come up with a character as well to represent america. they took the initials, u.s. and created a character, sam bull. bill: the u.s. said we're going to have one, too, uncle sam. but now it's a positive thing. >> uncle sam is a self-portrait of the artist who drew the picture. bill: we want you, that's the guy who did it? >> exactly. bill: united states of america, you say, should be the united states of columbus. why is it the united states of america? >>...
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now i'm buying your house." >> i mean, anything is possible in america, right? >> jimmy: still, such a good story. >> yeah, amazing. >> jimmy: but now you moved. you have a new house. you are in the canyons or something? >> yeah, well, you know, i bought a new house, but i'm really stressed out, because i imported this grass from ireland. not pot. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: wait a second -- "dark blue," yeah, wait a second. grass -- >> grass. >> jimmy: i'm buying it. i'm in. all right. >> so i bought this grass from ireland. >> jimmy: what do you mean you bought grass from ireland? >> 'cause i love how green it is. you know how the grass in ireland is so much greener. >> jimmy: you used to wait tables. >> i know. >> jimmy: now you're importing grass from ireland. that's insane. >> but i want that green. you know how green it is? >> jimmy: it's unbelievable. >> i imported all this grass in from ireland. it's sod. they put it down. and i'm still stressed out at work, undercover cop and the shotguns. >> jimmy: so, this will calm you down. >> exactly. i just want
now i'm buying your house." >> i mean, anything is possible in america, right? >> jimmy: still, such a good story. >> yeah, amazing. >> jimmy: but now you moved. you have a new house. you are in the canyons or something? >> yeah, well, you know, i bought a new house, but i'm really stressed out, because i imported this grass from ireland. not pot. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: wait a second -- "dark blue," yeah, wait a second. grass -- >>...
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you know, you -- many insurance companies in america are not-for-profit. a lot of people aren't trying to make a lot of money. there are for profit health insurance, certainly, but there are a lot of not for profit. we provide very good competition to those companies in some ways more because of how we deliver health care, not necessarily just because of our insurance structure, and i think that competition is really good and that competition is what's necessary, the idea of how we provide health care, not just how we write the checks. >> can yours work, do you think, on a national scale? >> i think that it would have to be -- i don't think you could have small, little cooperatives in every little city or every little town. i think you would almost have to have a regional system where you had a fairly large cooperative in many regions of the country and that might work because you could get economies of scale from just the insurance part of it. i think that from getting all the doctors to sign up and getting the -- and the hospitals to agree to certain rat
you know, you -- many insurance companies in america are not-for-profit. a lot of people aren't trying to make a lot of money. there are for profit health insurance, certainly, but there are a lot of not for profit. we provide very good competition to those companies in some ways more because of how we deliver health care, not necessarily just because of our insurance structure, and i think that competition is really good and that competition is what's necessary, the idea of how we provide...
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the evangelical lutheran church of america decided to lift the ban. no congregation will be forced to hire the pastors but some have condemned the ruling threatening to left church which has 4.5 million members smember. in september, they will meet to decide their future course. >>> and there could be a special golf state in the vineyard this week between president obama and tiger woods. the first family is officially on vacation, spending the weekend at camp david before heading to martha's vineyard tomorrow for a week. as president obama leaves the health care debate behind, the burning question, will the golfer in chief tee up with tiger woods? the two may travel the links on monday but the president only will say he plans on lots of golf. now over to ira joe. >> hurricane bill still exists as a hurricane. its winds are up to 105 miles an hour. it is going to skirt the united states line. there you see it is going to at the moment moving to the north-northwest at 22 miles an hour, going to veer around on the gulf stream and move into cooler water a
the evangelical lutheran church of america decided to lift the ban. no congregation will be forced to hire the pastors but some have condemned the ruling threatening to left church which has 4.5 million members smember. in september, they will meet to decide their future course. >>> and there could be a special golf state in the vineyard this week between president obama and tiger woods. the first family is officially on vacation, spending the weekend at camp david before heading to...